Garment hanger



Get. 9, 1945. GLASER GARMENT HANGER Filed Nov. 25, 1942 g Sheets-Sheet l- Mama Glass v M. GLASER I 2,386,603

GARMENT HANGER Filed Nov. 25, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l l I l I I PATENTAGENT' Patented Oct. 9, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE I GARMENT HANGER I T Michael Glaser, New York, N. Y. Application November 25, 1942 Serial No. 466,905

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a garment hanger of a type made of sheet material, such as laminated paperor cloth; or plastic material- An objectof this invention is to provide an improved garment hanger having a reinforced hook member made of thesame relatively inexpensive sheet material as the main part ofthe hanger. This reinforced hook membencan be. subjected to great mechanical stress which heretofore could only be sustained by hooks made of an improved garment hanger made of sheet material with reinforced. portions which hangerean be manufactured very economically by stamping same'out from a sheet to form an integral blank, the latter, being substantially completely utilized in an ingenious manner. 7 a

Still anotherobject of this invention is to provide a rigid garment hanger composed entirely of inexpensive non-metallicsheet material which is attractivein appearance and can-be made in any shape to' conform readily to the outline of garments of variousshapes. In the construction of this newhanger, materials such as metal, now

essential for the war effort, are completely avoided and less strategic materials are utilized and the hanger frame is ingeniously'constructed,in such a manner that those portions of said frame and/or hook-portions of the hanger whichare subjected'to'the greatest'stress are sufliciently strengthened by superimposing of layers of sheet material. The new hanger is not merely an inexpensive substitute to be used instead of the conventional wire'hangers; during this emergency, but has technical advantages over said wire hangers, thus it ,will maintain its place on the market in such-times, when wire will again be abundantly available. Some of, the advantages of mynew improved hanger construction involve a larger supporting surface forgthe .garments, thus keeping them in bettershapejat the placesof contact and the preventionof contamination by rust which may occur, when wire hangers are used. 1 Furthermore, the'surface of the new garment hanger can be used for display or' advertising matter without detracting from- Fig. 2 is a plan view of the development of the blank of sheet material from which the hanger in Fig. 1 is obtained by folding;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section of the frame of the hanger shown in Fig. 1 taken along the line 3-3 and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section of the hook of the hanger in Fig. 1 taken along the line 44 and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 5 illustrates a modified development of a blank of sheet material from which another mo'clification of the new hanger can be obtained by folding; p I:

V Fig. 6 shows fragmentary plan view of a modification of the upper portion of the frame with the hook of the new hanger, obtained by folding the blank of Fig. 5 in one direction;

Fig. '7 shows a fragmentary plan view of a modification of the upper portion of the frame with the hook of the new hanger formed by folding the blank of Fig. 5 in they opposite direction fromthat shown in Fig. 6;

" Fig. 8 is an enlarged cross section of the frame of the hanger of Fig. 6 taken along the line 8 -8 and looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 9 illustrates a fragmentary plan view of another modification of the new hanger, part of which is in foldedplan position and part of which is-in unfolded blank form.

ing point of said sides involve reinforcing structure which will be described in detail below. A straight strip l4 connects the lower ends of the diverging sides II and [2, said strip [4 may be pied as support for supporting'trousers or the The new. hanger is made of sheetmaterial,

such as laminated paper, cardboard, plastic ma-' terial etc., single layers of said material being not rigid enough to build a solid garment hanger therefrom. This is particularly true for the hook of the hanger, and the known hangers made entirely of cardboard or the like material have the disadvantage that the hook and the adjoining portions of the hanger frame wear out after they have been in use for a ver short peri- In the new improved hanger, this disadvantage of the known cardboard sheet hangers has been overcome by reinforcing said hook and the adjoining portions of the sides of the hanger frame in a manner which will now be described;

inforcements are obtained by the utilization of folds in the portions to be strengthened involv ing several layers of material. The hanger according to Figures 1 and 2 has five superimposed layers J5, 16, H, l8 and IQ for the hook, which are formed by folding as follows: First; hook layer i5 is folded about a fold line at 28, until it covers hook layerlG. Second, the hook-layers l5 and i6 together are folded about two fold lines at 2|, until they super-impose on hook layer l1. Third, hook layer I8 is folded about a fold line at 22, until it covers hook layer l9. Fourth, the combined hook layers l8 and.l9 are folded about two fold lines at 23, until they cover the already combined layers [5, I 6, I! as shown in Fig. 4. At fold lines 2| and 23, respectively, enough fold area is provided for the different numbers of layers. Finally, a center flap 24 is turned about two fold lines at 25, until it covers the combined hook layers l5, l6, l1, l8 and I9, and two flaps 26 and 21 are folded about double fold lines at 28 and 29, respectively, until said flaps 26 and 21 superimpose on portions of the sides H and I2, respectively, thus reinforcing said sides ll and 12 at the points of great stress. Also between the multiple fold lines at 25, 2s, and 29 for the flaps 211, ca-and 21, respectively, enough fold area is provided to accommodate the different numbers or sheet layers covered by said flaps.

In addition to thisiurther reinforcements of said section of the hanger frame are obtained by the provision or'extended end portions or tails 3B, 31, 32 and 33 at the lower extremities of the hook layers 15, H5, H3 and I3, respectively, said extended end portions or tails covering portions of the sides I 1, l2, respectively; after being tolded thereon. The location of said superimpos d layers along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 is illustrated more clearly in the cross sectional view of Figure 3,whifch shows that the end portion or tail 33 forms the center layer of the three su erimposed layers at the section line. In order to have larger supporting surfaces at the contacting points with the garments, narrow flaps 34, 35, 36 and 31 may be provided at the outer edges of the sides H and I2 and the flaps 26 and 21, respectively, said narrow flaps 34, 35, 36 and 31 being bent outwardly, as shown in Fig. 3. A similar narrow flap 38 may be provided at the upper edge of the straight strip I4, said flap being bent to the right side in Fig. 3, in order to obtain a larger contacting surface for the trouser or other garment to be supported by said straight strip [4.

The superimposed layers forming the hook may be of different width at least at the lower part of the hook, thus providing a sloping or steplike contacting surface at the edges for the up- ,tional manner.

per part of the garment to be supported, as shown in Fig. 1.

The superimposed layers may be united either by gluing or by stapling or in any other manner. The gluing may be carried out with or without application of pressure and/or of heat. The latter method is required, if as sheet material for the hanger thermoplastic material is used. In the example of Figs. 1, 3 and 4, wire staples 39, 40,4I and 42 are provided for holding the respective layers together, said staples being driven through the superimposed layers in a conven- It is also possible to use such wire staples in addition to gluing.

A modification of the hanger of Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, is shown in Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive. As the development in Fig. 5 indicates, this hanger is made of a blank having the double size of the blank of the hanger in Figures 1 and 2. The hanger frame of Fig. 5 consists of two halves 43 and '43. each being almost similar to the hanger blank in Fig. 2..v Said halves are integral and are tob -folded about a fold line 44 corresponding to the lowest edge of the finished hanger, Before the halves are folded about said fold line 44, each half is separately prepared .by folding in the manner described above in connection with Figs. -1 to 4, inclusive. The structure and arrangement of the narrow flaps 45, 46, 41 and 48 forming the supporting surfaces for the garments are slightly different from those in Figs. 1 and 2. In Fig. 5 the narrow flaps 45 and 46 are a little Wider than the narrow naps 41 and 48. The narrow flaps 45, 46-, 41 and 4a of the one half 43 of the hanger are bent to one side while the corresponding flaps of the other half 43' of the hanger are bent to the opposite side, as shown in the cross sectiohal illustration of Fig, 8. The narrow flaps l5 and 48 lie upon the narrow flaps 41 and 48, respeetiveiy, thusstrohger supporting surfaces are obtained. The two halves 43 and 43' can be folded together in two dinerent directions, as illustrated in Figs. 6 and '7. In Fig? 6, the center flap 24 is shownywhereas in Fig. "7 said center flap is covered, sinoe'it is one or the centrally located superimposed layers. As in Fig. 1, the superimposed hook layers of Figs. 6 and '7 have different widths, thus forming sloping or step-like contacting surfaces at the edges for the upper part of the garment to be supported. In additioh'to sloping the hook to one side, as shown in Figs. .6 and 7, it is possible to slope both sides symmetrically. Not'only' may parts of the hook be so 'sloped, but substantially all of the hook and corners may be so sloped. r

The superimposed layers of the modification of Figs. 5 to B can be combined either by glueing or stapling-, as already described, or in an other manner. Instead of gluing or. stapling or in addition to'tnis, small tapered iiaps may be provided i t-he one layer which can be pressed into square apertures located at corresponding points in the adjacent layer, as illustrated in Figs. 5 to 7. After the-hook layers 15 and IS have been folded the one on the other, tapered flap 49 of hooklayer lBfis pressed into aperture 50 in hook layer ls. The two combined hook layers 15 and I6 are new folded over hook layer 11 the tapered cap 51 of which is pressed into the aperture 56 of hook layer It. A tapered has 52 of the side H is pressed intorahother aperture 53 in hook layer It. Then hook layer lflis folded'over hook iay rlt ahd ta ered nap 54 of hook layer [8 is pressed into aperture 55in hook layer l9. The

combined hook layers l8 and i9 are folded over the combined hook layers l5, l6 and I1 and tapered flap 56 in side I2 is pressed into another aperture 51 in hook layer I9. Now the center flap 24 and the reinforcement flaps 26 and 21 are folded upwardly and tapered flap 58 of saidscenter flap 24 is pressed into aperture 55 in hook layer [9. Tapered flaps 59 and 60 of the flaps 26 and 21, respectively, are pressed into apertures 53 and 51 in the hook layers I6 and I9, respectively. The two hanger halves 43 and 43", thus prepared, can be combined, after being folded about the fold line 44, either by gluing, stapling or by means described for the single half with reference to Fig. 5, or by any other suitable means, or by a combination of the above means. The flaps and apertures for connecting the individual layers to each other may have any suitable size or shape, but the size or shape shown in the preferred modification is desirable. If necessary more or less of said flaps and corresponding apertures may be provided. A thin strip 6| of solid material, for example hard cardboard or wood, may be inserted into the fold between the connecting strips l4 and I4 of the two hanger halves 43 and 43', in order to stiffen the entire structure. Said strip 6| may be connected to the two halves 43 and 43 by gluing or stapling or in any other suitable manner.

Fig. 9 shows a modification of the hanger of Figs. to 8. The hanger of Fig. 9 is also obtained from a blank having two halves folded about a fold line 44 corresponding to the lower edge of the hanger. Whereas the upper half 62 of said two hanger halves is constructed as the hanger frame in Figs, 1 to 4, the lower half 63 has no hook elements, i. e. the'center part of the lower half is omitted, thus only short legs 64 and 65 remain. Said short legs 64 and 65 have laterally extended portions 66 and 61 which are to be folded on the legs 64 and 65, respectively, about fold lines 68 and 69, respectively. Thus, the lower portion of the hanger frame is stiffened by superimposing strip l4 with strip [4. The legs 64 and 65, which are themselves stiffened by the folded portions 66 and 61, respectively, serve to reinforce the lower extremities of sides II and I2, respectively. A stifiening strip H as shown in Fig. 5 may also be provided in the hanger of Fig. 9.

Instead of five or ten superimposed hook layers, as shown and described in the examples, any

other number of such superimposed layers may be provided. The selection of the sheet material with respect to quality and thickness depends at least in part on the number of superimposed layers for the hook and frame of the hanger. example, the hanger of Figs. 1 to 4 requires thicker and/or stronger sheet material, than the hanger of Figs. 5 to 8, which is built up with twice as much of superimposed layers than the former.

The new construction makes it possible to use inexpensive sheet material and to utilize substantially all of the sheet from which the blanks are cut without waste, so that substantially all of the sheet material serves in a functional manner within the hanger structure.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made in this hanger without departing from the spirit of the invention and therefore the invention is not limited to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification but only as indicated in the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A garment hanger formed from a sheet of foldable material and comprising a body portion of approximately isosceles triangular shape, a hooklike suspension means projecting from the apex of the body portion opposite the base, a reinforcing member integrally connected with each side edge of said hook-like suspension means, said reinforcing members each having a hook-like portion and an integral lateral elongated extension thereof, said reinforcing members being foldable at their juncture with said suspension means along lines perpendicular to the base of the hanger body to thereby position said hooklike portions overlyin said hook-like suspension means and said extensions overlying the adjacent sides of the hanger body, and means for securing said reinforcing members in their folded positions to the body portion of the hanger.

MICHAEL GLASER.

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